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On the evening of April 27, Xiaosong Co., Ltd. disclosed its Q1 2023 report, showing significant growth in both revenue and net profit. The operating revenue reached 417 million RMB, a year-on-year increase of 32.27%, while the net profit attributable to shareholders was 5.8491 million RMB, a year-on-year increase of 152.31%.
In Q1 2023, Xiaosong Co., Ltd. achieved a strong start, benefiting not only from a significant recovery in the macroeconomic environment but also from the company's focus on new product development and market expansion over the past year. In a complex and changing market environment, the company has concentrated on its core business, actively adjusted its operational strategies, and solidified its dual main business foundation, while enhancing the industrial chain layout of its e-cigarette business to further improve profitability and risk resistance.
After a decline in the small appliance market in 2022, the small appliance market showed significant signs of recovery in 2023. Industry insiders indicate that after two consecutive years of adjustment, the home appliance industry is expected to return to a normal operating rhythm. Coupled with a large-scale recovery in consumer demand and a series of policies aimed at boosting consumption, such as the "Consumption Promotion Year," the small appliance industry, which focuses on improving demand, is expected to show an accelerated recovery growth trend.
The signals of accelerated market recovery are also reflected in the overseas B2B sector. As foreign business visits and negotiations warm up, the export market is also recovering rapidly. At the recently held largest-ever Canton Fair, the total visitor count exceeded 1.1 million. As a veteran exhibitor who has participated in 35 Canton Fairs, Xiaosong Co., Ltd. was well-prepared this time, showcasing over 500 products, including traditional items like mobile lighting and rechargeable fans, as well as smart new products like air purifiers, beauty devices, eye protection lamps, energy storage power supplies, and planting machines, receiving numerous positive reviews and intended orders from exhibitors.
Notably, the company is also vigorously developing its e-cigarette business to cultivate new growth points. Since last year, it has strengthened its e-cigarette industrial chain layout, established high-standard supporting production facilities, and obtained qualifications for compliant production and sales of e-cigarette products. As a result, the company has established significant barriers in the e-cigarette business. In January 2023, the company made another move in its e-cigarette business layout by investing in Zhenghe Bio, a supplier of e-cigarette atomization materials. This marks that Xiaosong Co., Ltd. has achieved complete coverage of core industrial links such as nicotine, atomization materials, and e-cigarette products, with all industrial links obtaining compliance qualifications. Currently, the company is actively promoting the sustainable scale development of its e-cigarette business, having launched multiple e-cigarette products in overseas markets and continuously developing new products based on overseas market demand, aiming to seize the important opportunity for e-cigarette brands to go global, leveraging its complete supply chain advantages.
Looking ahead to 2023, under the backdrop of China's firm implementation of the strategy to expand domestic demand, Xiaosong Co., Ltd. is expected to maintain the strong momentum from Q1, seizing opportunities from the significant increase in domestic and international market interactions, following the "dual circulation" strategy, and intensifying efforts to expand in global markets as well as its own advantageous "Belt and Road" markets, enhancing the overall profitability of its main business and achieving comprehensive improvements in revenue scale and profit quality. (CIS)
